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Chunni Lal Bhagat elected leader of BJP LP
Chunni Lal Bhagat was elected unanimously as the BJP`s legisature party chief in Punjab.
Chandigarh: Chunni Lal Bhagat was on Friday
elected unanimously as the BJP`s legisature party chief in
Punjab.
The name of Bhagat, an MLA from the reserved Jalandhar (west) seat, was proposed by former Minister and senior party leader Madan Mohan Mittal and seconded by former ministers Manoranjan Kalia and Surjit Jyani.
A decision to this effect was taken by the 12 BJP legislators who held confabulations with leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley.
Besides, the meeting was also attended by Punjab incharge of BJP affairs Shanta Kumar and its General Secretary Ram Lal, Jaitley said after the meeting. The central leaders had held meetings with the 12 BJP elected legislators before deciding on the name of Bhagat.
Meanwhile, party sources said the issue of staking claim for the post of Deputy Chief Minister was not raked in the meeting.
However, party sources said the state leadership is in favour of appointment of Deputy Chief Minister from BJP, an idea not getting support from the party`s central leadership.
Sources also said the meeting did not discuss the number of ministers from the BJP to be inducted in the Parkash Singh Badal cabinet. However, they said the BJP was expecting to get five cabinet berths but the SAD is in favour of giving it four seats in the cabinet as the party`s strength in the 117-member house has come down to 12 from 19. In the outgoing ministry BJP had five members.
The BJP has won 12 of the 23 seats it`s contested this time with its tally going down by seven as compared with the 19 MLAs who were elected in 2007.
The 12 include seven sitting members Manoranjan Kalia (Jalandhar Central), Surjeet Kumar (Fazilka), KD Bhandari (Jalandhar North), Amarjit Singh Sahi (Dasuya), Chuni Lal Bhagat (Jalandhar West), Anil Joshi (Amritsar North) and Dinesh Singh (Sujanpur).
The three first timers are BJP MP Navjot Sidhu`s wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu, (Amritsar East), Seema Kumari (Bhoa SC) and state BJP President Ashwani Sharma (Pathankot). The 12th member is a former MLA and Cabinet Minister Madan Mohan Mittal (Anandpur Sahab).
The names of the party nominees for the ministerial posts doing rounds are Kalia, Mittal, Surjeet Jyani, KD Bhandari, Navjot Kaur and state unit Chief Ashwani Sharma.
PTI
The name of Bhagat, an MLA from the reserved Jalandhar (west) seat, was proposed by former Minister and senior party leader Madan Mohan Mittal and seconded by former ministers Manoranjan Kalia and Surjit Jyani.
A decision to this effect was taken by the 12 BJP legislators who held confabulations with leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley.
Besides, the meeting was also attended by Punjab incharge of BJP affairs Shanta Kumar and its General Secretary Ram Lal, Jaitley said after the meeting. The central leaders had held meetings with the 12 BJP elected legislators before deciding on the name of Bhagat.
Meanwhile, party sources said the issue of staking claim for the post of Deputy Chief Minister was not raked in the meeting.
However, party sources said the state leadership is in favour of appointment of Deputy Chief Minister from BJP, an idea not getting support from the party`s central leadership.
Sources also said the meeting did not discuss the number of ministers from the BJP to be inducted in the Parkash Singh Badal cabinet. However, they said the BJP was expecting to get five cabinet berths but the SAD is in favour of giving it four seats in the cabinet as the party`s strength in the 117-member house has come down to 12 from 19. In the outgoing ministry BJP had five members.
The BJP has won 12 of the 23 seats it`s contested this time with its tally going down by seven as compared with the 19 MLAs who were elected in 2007.
The 12 include seven sitting members Manoranjan Kalia (Jalandhar Central), Surjeet Kumar (Fazilka), KD Bhandari (Jalandhar North), Amarjit Singh Sahi (Dasuya), Chuni Lal Bhagat (Jalandhar West), Anil Joshi (Amritsar North) and Dinesh Singh (Sujanpur).
The three first timers are BJP MP Navjot Sidhu`s wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu, (Amritsar East), Seema Kumari (Bhoa SC) and state BJP President Ashwani Sharma (Pathankot). The 12th member is a former MLA and Cabinet Minister Madan Mohan Mittal (Anandpur Sahab).
The names of the party nominees for the ministerial posts doing rounds are Kalia, Mittal, Surjeet Jyani, KD Bhandari, Navjot Kaur and state unit Chief Ashwani Sharma.
PTI